N.p., n.pr., 1647. 4°, modern quarter calf over marbled boards. Small woodcut vignette on title-page. Woodcut initial. In fine condition. 16 pp. *** First edition in Dutch of this proposal by the Portuguese envoy to the States General to return the disaffected Capitania of Pernambuco to the Dutch West India Company, in exchange for a treaty uniting Portugal and the Netherlands against Spain. Sousa Coutinho's proposal was first published in Latin (The Hague, 1647), quickly followed by this and a second Dutch edition, as well as a French translation.*** Borba de Moraes (1983) I, 227: noting another 1647 edition of 7 pp., set in smaller type, as well as a French translation published the same year. Alden & Landis 647/169. J.H. Rodrigues, Domínio holandês 641; cf. 640, 642-3 for other 1647 editions, noting that the text was first printed in Latin. Rodrigues 1986: "raro." Asher 221. Knuttel 5552. Tiele 3205. Cf. Bosch 103: abridged Latin version; Sabin 17198: the second Dutch edition of 1647. JCB I, ii, 357. JFB (1994) S451. Not in Bosch; cf. 103, an abridged Latin version. NUC: DLC, RPJCB, MnU, NN. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

A possibly unique printing of the work establishing the reputation of Bacon, Francis Bacon's half-brother, the constitutional history of England whose early publication was suppressed, leading to the still disputed claim of Selden's association. Contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, the rear joint cracking but firm, else a good copy, with the bookplate of John Francis Neylan; the Taussig copy. Printed for Matthew Walbancke at Grays-Inn-Gate [imprints vary], London, 1647 & 1651.

1647. 195, (25 [instead of 29]) pp. (wants 8 pp. of prelims. including title page). Marbled half calf with giltstamped spine title and fillets. First page damaged and repaired; browned throughout. - From the library of the Ducs de Luynes at the Château de Dampierre: their bookplate reproducing the arms of Charles Marie d'Albert de Luynes (1783-1839), 7th Duc de Luynes, on pastedown. ICCU NAPE\004809. OCLC 70355280.

London: Printed by R. Cotes for Andrew Crooke, 1647, 1647. First edition. Wing C-6270 (1st edition); ESTC R22525; Hayward 90; NCBEL I, 1306. Edges a little rubbed; fine copy.. Small octavo, modern red full morocco by Lloyd, gilt rules, decorations, turn ins and lettering, t.e.g., others untrimmed. First and final blanks present. Title within a border of printer's ornaments. The rare first published work of Richard Corbet (1582-1635), bishop in the Church of England, who was known for his wit and his entertaining sermons. Corbet was a friend of many, including John Donne and Ben Jonson. This collection of over 20 poems, which includes his "Fairies Farewell," was edited by John Donne, Jr.

London: Printed by M. Flesher for Ed. Bruster, 1647. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. In brown leather boards, 9" x 13 1/2" x 3 1/2", with six raised bands and title label to spine. Rebound at some point with new endpapers and spine, possibly new boards. See photo for table of contents. Writing and bookplate to front pastedown. Scattered stains here and there but majority of text block clean and bright. Binding solid, square, and strong. A very well preserved book after 3 1/2 centuries.

London: Pr. for N.B. and Richard Royston 4to (19.7 cm, 7.75"). [16], 186, [2], 258 pp.; 3 plts. (1 incl. in pagination).. 1647 A Calvinist controversialist attacks the English Baptists in Featly's best-known published work, arising from his participation in one of the great public religious debates of the 17th century. The present example is the fifth edition, "augmented with severall Speeches delivered before this Assembly of Divines [and] the famous History of the Frantick anabaptists, their wild Preachings and Practices in Germany," and illustrated with => three plates: a tipped-in frontispiece portrait of the Rev. Featley (engraved by William Marshall), an allegorically rendered depiction of Featley's funeral effigy, and => an irreverently drawn rogues' gallery of the different types of Anabaptists. The section of speeches has a separate title-page, noting that the printing was done by M.F. for Richard Royston in 1646, with the pagination and signatures of this section being continuous with the first; the final portion also has a separate title-page, giving a printing date of 1647. Provenance: Front pastedown with bookplate of the Charles Holbrook Library, Pacific School of Religion (properly released). Contemporary mottled calf, framed and panelled in blind double fillets, central panel of plain calf with blind-tooled corner fleurons, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-stamped compartment decorations; spine (and spine label), joints, and edges rubbed, front panel with areas of chipping, front joint just starting from head. Ex-library as above; spine w
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1647. 4to. (10), 648 [but: 598], (4) pp. Contemp. half calf with giltstamped spine. Rare first edition of "the oldest complete translation of the Qur'an into a European vernacular" (Encylopedia of the Qur'an). Du Ryer's work served as the basis for further translations of the Qur'an into English, German, Dutch, and Russian, and was instrumental in introducing Europeans to the tenets of the Muslim faith. Du Ryer was a celebrated linguist and had lived in Egypt and Turkey, where he studied classical Arabic. His introduction briefly summarizes the Muslim religion for Christian readers, noting customs such as Ramadan, circumcision, the practice of having up to four wives, the significance of Mecca and Medina, Sufi brotherhoods and wandering ascetics, and finally the Islamic recognition of Jesus as a prophet but not the son of God. A prayer printed in Arabic is included on the verso of leaf e2. - "Du Ryer's translation of the Qur'an [...] became an unparalleled literary success [...] The easy availability of the Qur'an accompanied a newfound interest in the Orient; additionally, du Ryer's translation lacked the polemical tone of previous editions, an orientation which arose mainly in ecclesiastical contexts. Du Ryer used Islamic commentaries such as al-Bayawi'sAnwar al-tanzil, the Tafsir al-Jalalayan by al-Mahalli (d. 864/1459) and al-Suyu i (d. 911/1505), or an excerpt from al-Razi's (d. 606/1210) great commentary made by l-Raghi l-Tunisi (d. 715/1315) entitled al-Tanwir fi l-tafsir, quite casually in his translation, merely noting them in the margins. The deprecatory tone pres
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1647. 4to. (10), 648 [but: 598], (4) pp. Contemp. full French speckled calf with gilt tooling and title label on spine, dentelles on inner covers. Rare first edition of "the oldest complete translation of the Qur'an into a European vernacular" (Encylopedia of the Qur'an), in a handsome copy. Du Ryer's work served as the basis for further translations of the Qur'an into English, German, Dutch, and Russian, and was instrumental in introducing Europeans to the tenets of the Muslim faith. Du Ryer was a celebrated linguist and had lived in Egypt and Turkey, where he studied classical Arabic. His introduction briefly summarizes the Muslim religion for Christian readers, noting customs such as Ramadan, circumcision, the practice of having up to four wives, the significance of Mecca and Medina, Sufi brotherhoods and wandering ascetics, and finally the Islamic recognition of Jesus as a prophet but not the son of God. A prayer printed in Arabic is included on the verso of leaf e2. - "Du Ryer's translation of the Qur'an [...] became an unparalleled literary success [...] The easy availability of the Qur'an accompanied a newfound interest in the Orient; additionally, du Ryer's translation lacked the polemical tone of previous editions, an orientation which arose mainly in ecclesiastical contexts. Du Ryer used Islamic commentaries such as al-Bayawi's Anwar al-tanzil, the Tafsir al-Jalalayan by al-Mahalli (d. 864/1459) and al-Suyu i (d. 911/1505), or an excerpt from al-Razi's (d. 606/1210) great commentary made by l-Raghi l-Tunisi (d. 715/1315) entitled al-Tanwir fi l-tafsir, quite casua
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Landwehr, VOC 951 note; Wood, p. 546; cf. E. Reitsma, Maria Sibylla Merian, pp. 207-210. Second Latin edition of a beautiful pictorial record of one of the finest early collections of East Indian marine specimens, with scientifically accurate engravings drawn by Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) apparently in the year of the death of the owner Georg Everard Rumphius (1627/28-1702). The engraved title-page and 60 illustration plates are beautifully and subtly coloured by hand in a wide variety of colours. The book excludes vertebrate fish but shows crustaceans, sea urchins, sand-dollars, starfish, shellfish, barnacles and coral, along with crystals, minerals, amber, fossils and even some man-made artefacts, such as axe heads. Some plates show one large figure, others more than twenty small ones. Rumphius, a German physician and naturalist, worked for the Dutch East India Company (VOC) from 1652 to his death, mostly on Ambon in the Moluccas. The illustrations never bore Merian's name (only those of the engravers), but she mentioned them in a 1702 letter, Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach saw them at her house in 1711 and wrote that she drew them, and her drawings survive in St Petersburg. With a marginal tear in plate XLIX, but further in very good condition and wholly untrimmed, giving generous margins. Beautifully coloured plates of crustaceans, shells, etc. that formed a landmark in the development of scientific illustration for natural history.

London: Pr. for N.B. and Richard Royston 4to (19.7 cm, 7.75"). [16], 186, [2], 258 pp.; 3 plts. (1 incl. in pagination).. 1647 A Calvinist controversialist attacks the English Baptists in Featly's best-known published work, arising from his participation in one of the great public religious debates of the 17th century. The present example is the fifth edition, "augmented with severall Speeches delivered before this Assembly of Divines [and] the famous History of the Frantick anabaptists, their wild Preachings and Practices in Germany," and illustrated with => three plates: a tipped-in frontispiece portrait of the Rev. Featley (engraved by William Marshall), an allegorically rendered depiction of Featley's funeral effigy, and => an irreverently drawn rogues' gallery of the different types of Anabaptists. The section of speeches has a separate title-page, noting that the printing was done by M.F. for Richard Royston in 1646, with the pagination and signatures of this section being continuous with the first; the final portion also has a separate title-page, giving a printing date of 1647. Provenance: Front pastedown with bookplate of the Charles Holbrook Library, Pacific School of Religion (properly released). Contemporary mottled calf, framed and panelled in blind double fillets, central panel of plain calf with blind-tooled corner fleurons, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and gilt-stamped compartment decorations; spine (and spine label), joints, and edges rubbed, front panel with areas of chipping, front joint just starting from head. Ex-library as above; spine w
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